6:23 p.m.
Dear Gretl community,
I'm trying to obtain the impulse-response for an estimated VAR via the GUI
(in the estimated VAR model window, Analysis -> Impulse responses) but
nothing happens. If I choose to obtain the responses in the graphical format
(in the estimated VAR model window, Graphs -> Impulse responses (combined))
it works with no problems. Is this a bug?
Best,
Henrique C. de Andrade
Doutorando em Economia Aplicada
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
www.ufrgs.br/ppge
8:27 p.m.
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote:
I'm trying to obtain the impulse-response for an estimated VAR
via the GUI (in the estimated VAR model window, Analysis ->
Impulse responses) but nothing happens...
Test case, please. It works OK here in the examples I've tried.
Allin Cottrell
8:38 p.m.
Em 8 de abril de 2010 Allin <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> escreveu:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote:
> I'm trying to obtain the impulse-response for an estimated VAR
> via the GUI (in the estimated VAR model window, Analysis ->
> Impulse responses) but nothing happens...
Test case, please. It works OK here in the examples I've tried.
Using script I get the responses, but via the GUI I can't.
<script>
open australia.gdt
VAR <- var 4 lpus le lpau --impulse-responses
</script>
Best,
Henrique
8:52 p.m.
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote:
Em 8 de abril de 2010 Allin <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> escreveu:
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to obtain the impulse-response for an estimated VAR
> > via the GUI (in the estimated VAR model window, Analysis ->
> > Impulse responses) but nothing happens...
>
> Test case, please. It works OK here in the examples I've tried.
Using script I get the responses, but via the GUI I can't.
<script>
open australia.gdt
VAR <- var 4 lpus le lpau --impulse-responses
</script>
So, in the GUI (both in English and pt_BR) I do:
* open australia.gdt
* define the VAR above via the model dialog
* pull down the Analysis menu
* select Impulse responses
* accept the default of 20 periods and the default
Cholesky ordering, click OK
* the impulse responses window opens OK
If you're doing the same as that but on a Mac and the results are
not showing, can you try launching gretl from the command prompt
in an xterm and see if something is being printed on stderr when
you ask for the impulse responses? Thanks.
Allin
9:59 p.m.
2010/4/8 Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu>
So, in the GUI (both in English and pt_BR) I do:
* open australia.gdt
* define the VAR above via the model dialog
* pull down the Analysis menu
* select Impulse responses
* accept the default of 20 periods and the default
Cholesky ordering, click OK
* the impulse responses window opens OK
If you're doing the same as that but on a Mac and the results are
not showing, can you try launching gretl from the command prompt
in an xterm and see if something is being printed on stderr when
you ask for the impulse responses? Thanks.
This is what appears in the Xterm:
setlocale: 'pt_BR' -> 'pt_BR'
get_gretl_charset: using UTF-8
As we can see, no errors. Additionally I'd looked at the Console log
(attached in this e-mail) and, again, I get no errors. I'm under Mac OS X
10.6.3 and Gretl for Mac 1.8.7cvs (build 2010-04-05).
Thanks for your help Allin!
Best regards,
Henrique
12:22 p.m.
New subject: LaTeX on OSX
Hi,
When I ask Gretl to view the output as LaTeX file, I get the following message :
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009) (format=pdflatex 2010.4.7) 9
APR 2010 13:46
entering extended mode
%&-line parsing enabled.
**\batchmode \input window
(./window.tex
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
I think Gretl doesn't find the file with LaTeX header (gretlpre.tex). I have red the
doc but I don't understand where this file lives on Mac OS X.
Could you help me?
Frédéric
4:47 p.m.
New subject: LaTeX on OSX
On 09-04-2010, at 14:22, Frédéric Dupont wrote:
Hi,
When I ask Gretl to view the output as LaTeX file, I get the following message :
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009) (format=pdflatex 2010.4.7) 9
APR 2010 13:46
entering extended mode
%&-line parsing enabled.
**\batchmode \input window
(./window.tex
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
I think Gretl doesn't find the file with LaTeX header (gretlpre.tex). I have red the
doc but I don't understand where this file lives on Mac OS X.
Which version of Gretl?
What are you trying to "LaTeX"? Summary statistics? Regression results?
In the TeX/LaTeX menu, what are you selecting: View, Copy, Save?
You can see what Gretl regards as your working directory by going to the menu File,
Working Directory.
According to the manual, if Gretl can't find a gretlpre.tex in your working directory
it will use a default.
Berend
6:32 p.m.
New subject: LaTeX on OSX
Le 9 avr. 2010 à 18:47, Berend Hasselman a écrit :
On 09-04-2010, at 14:22, Frédéric Dupont wrote:
> Hi,
> When I ask Gretl to view the output as LaTeX file, I get the following message :
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009) (format=pdflatex 2010.4.7)
9 APR 2010 13:46
> entering extended mode
> %&-line parsing enabled.
> **\batchmode \input window
> (./window.tex
>
> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> I think Gretl doesn't find the file with LaTeX header (gretlpre.tex). I have red
the doc but I don't understand where this file lives on Mac OS X.
Which version of Gretl?
1.8.7
What are you trying to "LaTeX"? Summary statistics?
Regression results?
Whatever
In the TeX/LaTeX menu, what are you selecting: View, Copy, Save?
View
You can see what Gretl regards as your working directory by going to the menu File,
Working Directory.
OK. gretlpre.tex file was into my working directory
According to the manual, if Gretl can't find a gretlpre.tex in your working directory
it will use a default.
Yes, I know. In this case, why do I get this error message?
Berend
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6:38 p.m.
New subject: LaTeX on OSX
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, [iso-8859-1] Frédéric maison wrote:
Le 9 avr. 2010 à 18:47, Berend Hasselman a écrit :
> On 09-04-2010, at 14:22, Frédéric Dupont wrote:
>> When I ask Gretl to view the output as LaTeX file, I get the following message
:
>> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> You can see what Gretl regards as your working directory by
> going to the menu File, Working Directory.
OK. gretlpre.tex file was into my working directory
If you have a gretlpre.tex in your working directory, and you are
seeing the error message "Missing \begin{document}" from LaTeX,
that suggests that your gretlpre.tex is incorrect -- it's missing
the line "\begin{document}", For reference, here is my
gretlpre.tex:
%% LaTeX preamble for gretl tex output
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{lucidabr}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{dcolumn,longtable}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
Allin Cottrell
10:27 p.m.
New subject: LaTeX on OSX
No, I think that gretl can't find the latex preamble.
My gretlpre.tex is :
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} %% but see below
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{dcolumn,longtable}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
I copy it from the manual. Could you tell me where is the default preamble?
Le 9 avr. 2010 à 20:38, Allin Cottrell a écrit :
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, [iso-8859-1] Frédéric maison wrote:
> Le 9 avr. 2010 à 18:47, Berend Hasselman a écrit :
>> On 09-04-2010, at 14:22, Frédéric Dupont wrote:
>>> When I ask Gretl to view the output as LaTeX file, I get the following
message :
>>> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
>>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>
>> You can see what Gretl regards as your working directory by
>> going to the menu File, Working Directory.
> OK. gretlpre.tex file was into my working directory
If you have a gretlpre.tex in your working directory, and you are
seeing the error message "Missing \begin{document}" from LaTeX,
that suggests that your gretlpre.tex is incorrect -- it's missing
the line "\begin{document}", For reference, here is my
gretlpre.tex:
%% LaTeX preamble for gretl tex output
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{lucidabr}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{dcolumn,longtable}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
12:30 a.m.
New subject: LaTeX on OSX
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010, [iso-8859-1] Frédéric Dupont wrote:
No, I think that gretl can't find the latex preamble...
Please search your system for files named "gretlpre.tex" and
delete them all. The defaults that are built into gretl should
work correctly. The mechanism for constructing the gretl TeX
preamble can be found in the source file texprint.c
http://gretl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gretl/gretl/lib/src/texprint.c?vi...
The gretl manual should be updated (latin1 is no longer a sensible
default encoding) and should make this point clear: putting a
modified version of the TeX preamble in place is something that
should be done only by experts in the use of LaTeX.
Allin Cottrell
1:42 a.m.
New subject: LaTeX on OSX
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Allin Cottrell wrote:
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010, [iso-8859-1] Frédéric Dupont wrote:
> No, I think that gretl can't find the latex preamble...
Please search your system for files named "gretlpre.tex" and
delete them all. The defaults that are built into gretl should
work correctly...
I don't want to state this sort of thing without back-up. I have
just checked on OS X 10.4.11 and I can confirm that with a basic
TeXlive installation gretl's LaTeX view apparatus works OK in the
absence of a user-defined gretlpre.tex.
Allin Cottrell
6:48 p.m.
New subject: LaTeX on OSX
On 09-04-2010, at 20:32, Frédéric maison wrote:
>>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009) (format=pdflatex
2010.4.7) 9 APR 2010 13:46
>> entering extended mode
>> %&-line parsing enabled.
>> **\batchmode \input window
>> (./window.tex
>>
>> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>
>> I think Gretl doesn't find the file with LaTeX header (gretlpre.tex). I have
red the doc but I don't understand where this file lives on Mac OS X.
>
> Which version of Gretl?
1.8.7
> What are you trying to "LaTeX"? Summary statistics? Regression results?
Whatever
> In the TeX/LaTeX menu, what are you selecting: View, Copy, Save?
View
>
> You can see what Gretl regards as your working directory by going to the menu File,
Working Directory.
OK. gretlpre.tex file was into my working directory
>
> According to the manual, if Gretl can't find a gretlpre.tex in your working
directory it will use a default.
Yes, I know. In this case, why do I get this error message?
The error message says it all: missing \begin{document}
Try the View without a gretlpre.tex (just rename it) and see what happens.
Show us your gretlpre.tex
Berend
5:22 p.m.
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote:
2010/4/8 Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu>
So, in the GUI (both in English and pt_BR) I do:
>
> * open australia.gdt
> * define the VAR above via the model dialog
> * pull down the Analysis menu
> * select Impulse responses
> * accept the default of 20 periods and the default
> Cholesky ordering, click OK
> * the impulse responses window opens OK
>
> If you're doing the same as that but on a Mac and the results are
> not showing, can you try launching gretl from the command prompt
> in an xterm and see if something is being printed on stderr when
> you ask for the impulse responses? Thanks.
>
This is what appears in the Xterm:
setlocale: 'pt_BR' -> 'pt_BR'
get_gretl_charset: using UTF-8
As we can see, no errors...
OK, at what point does this fail? After selecting Impulse
Responses, do you get the dialog box for selecting the number of
periods and the ordering?
Allin
7:22 p.m.
Em 9 de abril de 2010 Allin <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> escreveu:
OK, at what point does this fail? After selecting Impulse
Responses, do you get the dialog box for selecting the number of
periods and the ordering?
Yes, everything is working fine. The problem arises in the very last
step: after I click the "OK" button.
I'd tested using the snapshots from 2010-02-17 e 2010-03-09 and
the problem doesn't exist. So, I suppose the error is related to the
new ordering option.
I'm attaching the session I'm using to make the tests ("teste.gretl").
Um abraço,
Henrique
9:40 p.m.
Problem: in some cases, no result appears (but also no visible
error) when trying to display numerical output for impulse
responses via the GUI menu in a VAR window.
This should now be fixed.
Allin
9:57 p.m.
Em 9 de abril de 2010 Allinl <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> escreveu:
Problem: in some cases, no result appears (but also no visible
error) when trying to display numerical output for impulse
responses via the GUI menu in a VAR window.
This should now be fixed.
It worked just fine! Thank you so much!
Best regards,
Henrique
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